In the urban city of Tokyo, there exists a defiled world full of lecherous fiends. Living amongst them is Akazukin (Red Riding Hood), a little girl with a strange persona and an even stranger desire: to be eaten by Mr. Wolf.

This is honestly one of the most enjoyable series I've read recently. I've always been a huge fan of "ero guro," or the erotic grotesque, and this manga more than satisfied me. Initially, I was slack-jawed at the grisly realism of the child abuse -- which doesn't entertain me the way clean, honest gore does -- but the way the "victim" becomes the "hunter" is truly remarkable. The main character's trigger-happy, salacious killing sprees are entertaining and often thought-provoking. What's more, they actually make you care for and respect Little Red Riding Hood, who is on a relentless quest to be united with (and devoured by) the Wolf.

Excellent stuff. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't have a strong stomach and at least a rudimentary understanding of moral relativism, though.

first of all coolerimmortal you suck Akazukin rocks anybody that said this isn't good manga must have no went through over second volume(but every volumes were good to me) characters are well developed this manga provoke emotions and the story is unique or deep for short manga(4volumes 1 not translated) so i loved it!

I rarely stop a comic/manga due to violence or sex or violent sex, but i bailed out on this one. Like the drwaing style, i didn't read enough to see if the plot started to make sense some time. Would probably be ( or already is) considerd illegal child pornography in some states.

Totally twisted and seems like it would lack a plot, but after reading the three released volumes, it's truthfully not that bad.

And it's nice to read something different, REALLY different. No girls crying about falling out of love, no girl or boy harems, no robots saving the world, not even amazing tennis prodigies. Oh, and no good-doer vampires either.Instead, we get a horny immortal child monster who gets rid of bad guys for a living because she's forgotten her past.

And in response to a previous comment, Elfen Lied and Hellsing aren't exactly what I'd consider "gorey." I've seen much worse. Can't make a list since my memory's failing me, but one series does come to mind: Shamo. I think Omanga works on some others, too.

Anyway, with Akazukin, you'd either really hate it or really like it. For me, it's the latter. And it was definitely the comic-relief cat-turned devil boy that got me hooked.